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We’re pleased to announce the introduction of Wikipedia federated searching to the Ultrapedia Library. What this means is that when you search the Ultrapedia Library for a given search term, the search results will also have an entry from Wikipedia at the top the the page.

Below are some example searches to help you get started and for you to try.

We’ve been busy working behind the scenes for the last few months. We want to bring the cream of the library to the surface in a natural manner, this equates to hands on work by a human rather than a computer, spending time reviewing and grading the library documents. The first pass is to remove documents that slipped through our filtering system, so we have removed 472 documents. The total documents in the library now stands at 135,555.

Today we added 7311 new documents to the Ultrapedia Library. Many are letters, lectures, journals, narratives and diaries from notable historical figures – they are a joy to read and explore. We hope you enjoy discovering them.

We also continue to clean up the Library and have removed a further 910 documents that had more than their fair share of recognition errors, leaving a crisper and more accurate representation of the original written work.

For a full listing of todays updates click here.

Also featured in todays updates are:

A General History of the County of Norfolk by John Chambers in 1829

A Handbook for Travellers in Gloucestershire by John Murray in 1872

A Painters Camp in the Highlands by Philip Gilbert Hamerton in 1862

An Excursion to the Mammoth Cave by Robert Davidson in 1840

After Prison – What? by Maud Ballington Booth in 1903

The Life and Public Services of General Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of the USA by John S Jenkins

This brings the total documents in the Library to 134,386 with the total number of pages at 4,266,725 and the total number of Bookmarks now standing at 590,045.

The New Year brings new Library updates. We have been busy in the run up to Christmas and New Year by dividing 1249 of the Books in the Library into 5607 Chapters and further edited the documents to remove some badly recognized characters and phrases. This results in cleaner reading, both in Quick View on the search results page and the downloadable PDF file, as well as swifter searches.

To summarize 5607 documents were added to the Library bringing the total number of documents to 127,283. We’ve also removed 1249 documents. With the new additions and the removed documents the library is now more fluid and refined, providing more targeted results and a more enjoyable read and reference source.

For a full listing of todays updates click here.

Featured in todays updates are:

Climate Weather and Disease by Alfred Haviland in 1855

Our Hardy Grapes by J M Knowlton in 1863

Our Planet Its Past and Future by William Denton in 1873

Our Trade in the World in Relation to Foreign Competition by William Shaw Harris Gastrell in 1897

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition by George Back in 1836

Mendelism by Reginald Crundall Punnett in 1911

This brings the total documents in the Library to 127,283 with the total number of pages at 4,088,388 and the total number of Bookmarks now standing at 586,656.

4603 documents were added to the Library today bringing the total number of documents to 122,925. We’ve also removed 374 documents. With the new additions and the removed documents the library is now more fluid and refined, providing more targeted results and a more enjoyable read and reference source.

For a full listing of todays updates click here.

Featured in todays updates are:

A Simple Explanation of Modern Banking Customs by Humphrey Robinson in 1910

Campaigns and Cruises in Venezuela and Ned Grenada by William D Mahoney and Richard Longeville Vowell in 1831

The History of Cuba by Maturin Murray Ballou in 1854

History of Napoleon by George Moir Bussey in 1840

History of the War in Afghanistan by John William Kaye in 1851

The History of the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland by Charles Coote in 1802

History of the Peace by Harriett Martineau

This brings the total documents in the Library to 122,925 with the total number of pages at 4,168,676 and the total number of Bookmarks now standing at 586,479.

3315 documents were added to the Library today bringing the total number of documents to 114,642. For a full listing of todays updates click here.

Featured in todays updates are:

Chambers Pocket Miscellany.
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science and Art.
Elegant Extracts by Vicesimus Knox, the English Essayist and Minister.
European Historical Collections by John Warner Barber the American Engraver who produced religious and historical books.
Fleet Papers by John Pavey. Written for the Clergy and Aristocracy regarding the insecurity of life and the authors views on the best mode of restoring Peace.
The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists Magazine conducted by Joseph Harrison the Gardener at Wortley Hall.
Illustrated Naval and Miliary Magazine
The British Merchant Service

This brings the total documents in the Library to 114,642 with the total number of pages at 3,979,172 and the total number of Bookmarks now standing at 549,300.